Submitted 3 weeks ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/instagram-pet-incinerator
One Reddit user spotted an Aliexpress ad for a “pet incinerator” on Instagram, a macabre encounter that raises plenty of questions.
Phrasing here is what’s weird. Who exactly is the target audience of buyers?
If they called it “animal crematorium” or “carcass incinerator”, it would make sense for veterinary clinics and farms. Who tf searches for “pet incinerator”?
The fact that they added the word “custom” to a lot of the ads also raises the question of who’s out there pimping out a pet incinerator.
Since this is Alibaba, I think it’s meant for resellers getting their logo stamped onto a white label product like this one.
I’ve gotten some weird ads for random industrial machinery
I don’t want people to get the wrong idea and click away thinking this is for incinerating the family dog or cat.
It also works on rabbits.
But how are you supposed to add potatoes and onions?
Of course it’s aliexpress. I suspect it’s automated. I’ve received ads for dental chairs, diggers, skincare lasers, and everything in between while shopping for electrical connectors (deutsch).
Meta needs to be destroyed for so many reasons
Are these targeted at FBI recruits?
No, FBI wants them for sex, homeland security is the group who wants them dead. All probably to keep any dead pets out of RFKs mouth
“Let’s be sure to include lots of healthy, well-groomed, cute pet pics in the ad. Also, make sure the animals are sized oddly relative to one another, to give potential buyers no sense of scale. If we don’t know how big this thing is, then neither should they.”
Maybe the target audience is serial killers?
How much?
Just bury your pets like a normal person unless they have Ebola.
Most people in cities don’t have a garden
we had our dog cremated. granted we did not do it ourselves.
Enter Ricky Bobby’s new garage business.
sidebro@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I don’t see why it ever would be a good idea to advertise this on social media. Must be a way to target only clinics.
CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Or it’s just an automated ad pulling a random product onto so one’s feed based on viewing history. Which then got passed around which caused the algorithm to start spreading the ad
jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
I suppose if your viewing history includes bulk orders of veterinary supplies, this is probably a decently targeted ad.